In Intro to Engineering, students will learn the basic principles of engineering design and use this process to solve a variety of ‘build challenges’, which must survive performance trials and unexpected obstacles along the way!  Students will work collaboratively with one another and our amazing instructors to study the principles of force, energy, mass, and other fundamental properties in Newtonian physics.  Using real-world buildings and other edifices as inspiration, campers will start the week by defying gravity to build the tallest “skyscrapers” and strongest bridges.  Then, they will move onto air resistance and density and study how different types of planes, boats, and cars operate, seeking out unique ways to build them all and optimize their designs.

As the week continues, our engineering challenges get even more elaborate!  Campers will be faced with tasks that combine their knowledge of physics with ingenuity and an ability to work together within a budget!  The camp finale will be a demonstration of campers’ final invention, an egg drop – whose team will succeed and get their precious cargo to safety, and who will crack under pressure?

Enrichment Activities: In the afternoons and evenings give campers the opportunity for informal science learning, as well as leadership and problem-solving training through workshops, experiments, guest speakers, and recreational activities. Students will also attend a mid-program excursion to a local science venue.

• Day and Overnight Camp Options are available at Stanford and UC Berkeley. Students attend Sunday through Friday. 

• Only a Day Camp option is available at MIT.  Students attend 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday with lunch included daily. 

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On page 3 of the application, select the following:

Camp Category: Science Camp for Girls

Camp Name: Intro to Engineering

• Rising 6-8 grade students should also consider the Co-ed Robotics and Astronomy programs offered at Stanford, UC Berkeley and UCLA.

• Rising 4-6 grade female students should also consider the Science Camp For Girls Anatomy/Physiology program offered at Stanford, Caltech and MIT.

• Rising 6-8 grade female students should also consider the Science Camp For Girls Astronomy and Marine Science programs offered at Stanford and UC Berkeley.